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of apparently healthy cod ; by Capt. N. E. Atwood, of Provincetown. A nest 

 of ZonotricUa pusilla, Wils., contahiing three of this bh'd's eggs, and one of the 

 Molothrus pecoris, Gmel.; and the nest of a Vireo ; by James G. Shute. 



January 19. A gopher from Illinois; by Mr. John F. Edwards, of Boston. 

 A pipe fish, Syng7iaihus Feckianus, from Boston harbor; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. 



Febrvaary 2. Specimens of the red bug, Eeduvius; by Dr. C. T. Jackson. 

 344 bii'd skins, snake, and monkey skins, and several crania, from Brazil; by 

 Dr. Jose C. Reinhardt, of Sorocaba, Brazil. A ring-necked snake, and an 

 orthopterous insect {Mantis) from the Lake Superior copper region; by Mr. A. 

 C. Davis, of the Norwich mine. 



February 16. Fibres of the inner bark of a Californian tree, resembling Ma- 

 nila hemp; by T. J. Whittemore. 



March 16. Living specimens of Helix aspersa, from Eochelle, France ; by T. 

 J. Whittemore. A piece of cannel coal, from Boone Co., Va. ; by Joshua W. 

 Richardson, of Boston. The animal of a gigantic clam, Paiwpiea ffenerosa, Gd., 

 from Puget Sound; by Dr. C. F. Winslow, of West Xewton. Larvse and per- 

 fect insects of a large borer from the Cape de Verd Islands; death's head moths 

 from St. Helena; and peat marl, containing minute shells, froja the neighbor- 

 hood of Milwaukie ; by Dr. A. A. Gould. Fragments of cedar channelled by 

 boring larvse; by Dennis Murray, of Roxbury. 



BOOKS RECEIVED DURING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1859. 



Synopsis of Report on Zoophytes of the IT. S. Exploring Expedition. By J. 

 D. Dana. 8vo. New Haven. Froin the Author. 



Ichnology of Massachusetts. By Ed. Hitchcock. 4to. Boston, 1858. From 

 (lie Author. 



Report of the Geological Survey of Connecticut. 8vo. Pamph. By C. U. 

 Shepard, M. D. Ncav Haven, 1837. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. X. 4to, Washington. From 

 ike Smithsonian Institution. 



Prodromus descriptionis Animalium evertebratorum. Auc. W. Stimpson. 

 Pars VU. 8vo. Pamph. From the Author. 



History of the Fishes of Massachusetts. By Dr. D. H. Storer. 4to. No. 4. 

 pp. 131-194. From the Author. 



Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. New Series. Nos. 14, 16, 16. 8vo. 

 Edinburgh. From Prof. Henry D. Rogers. 



Notes on American Land Shells. By W. G. Binney. No. 4. 8vo. Pamph. 

 From the Author. 



Fourth Report on the Geological Survey of Missouri. By G. C. Swallow. 

 8vo. Pamph. 1859. From the Author. 



Catalogue of Shell-bearing species of Mollusca. By Frank Higgins. 8vo. 

 Pamph. From the Author. 



Explanations of a second edition of a Geological I\Iap of Nebraska and Kan- 

 zas. By F. V. Hayden, M. D. 8vo. Pamph. Philadelphia, 1858. From the 

 Author. 



Field Notes of Geology. By A. Osbdrn. 12mo. Pamph. New York, 1858. 

 From the Author. 



